The AMC drama “Breaking Bad” concluded Sunday (Sept. 29) with a much-discussed series finale. Now here’s your chance to join the discussion. Two notable critics weigh in first, but then comes the open question:

Did the “Breaking Bad” finale live up to the hype?

(I thought so. And I liked “The Sopranos” finale, too. But who cares what I think about either? This post is about you!)

Take the poll then weigh in down in the comments section, as always a forum for reasoned and rational and politely articulated debate among friends.

It was true to the five seasons that preceded it, true to Walter White’s obsessions and pride, and true to what Breaking Bad is at heart: a Western. As in the song “El Paso,” the protagonist (I’m not going to say hero) rode back to town, faced his enemies, said his goodbyes, and died. A Western is meant to go out with a bang, and Breaking Bad went out with about 40 of them per second (plus a dose of ricin).

But given everything that Walt had been through, and put us through, over these 62 episodes, I think I might have preferred the whole package be wrapped in a bow that wasn't so tight. "Granite State" suggested a world in which Heisenberg was dead and useless, but "Felina" brought him back to life, briefly more potent than ever before. It's a more cathartic, upbeat conclusion than if the series had ended with Walt getting into Robert Forster's van or living alone in that snowy cabin, but is it ultimately a more fitting one for this series?